MENGEMBANGKAN KREATIVITAS DI ERA DIGITAL PADA

WARGA DESA KEDAI DURIAN PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

DEVELOPING CREATIVITY IN THE DIGITAL ERA IN KEDAI

DURIAN VILLAGE RESIDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Ahmad Rifai
Juruan Pendidikan Fisika, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam

ABSTRAK

Kuliah Kerja Nyata merupakan proses pembelajaran mahasiswa melalui berbagai kegiatan
langsung ditengah-tengah masyarakat, dan mahasiswa berupaya untuk menjadi bagian dari masyarakat
serta secara aktif dan kreatif terlibat dalam dinamika yang terjadi di masyarakat. Pelaksanaan KKN bagi
mahasiswa Universitas Negeri Medan bertujuan mengembangkan kompetensi mahasiswa dalam
mengaplikasikan pengetahuan, ketrampilan dan sikap yang telah dimiliki, sehingga mampu merancang
dan melaksanakan program yang dapat mencegah penyebaran dan penanganan dampak Covid-19 di
masyarakat berdasarkan bidang ilmunya serta dapat mengembangkan potensi masyarakat desa/kelurahan.
Mahasiswa mempunyai peran strategis sebagai agent of change (agen perubahan). Kuliah Kerja Nyata
(KKN) adalah salah satu wujud pengabdian mahasiswa perguruan tinggi kepada masyarakat lewat
pemberian bantuan pemberdayaan, pelatihan, penyuluhan, pembimbingan, pendampingan dan untuk
menyadarkan potensi yang dimiliki, serta membantu meningkatkan kualitas hidup dan pembangunan.
Mahasiswa akan mendapatkan kemampuan generatif berupa life skills (kecakapan/ketrampilan hidup).
Observasi dilakukan dengan metode: (1) tanya jawab, (2) dokumentasi, dan (3) melihat ke lapangan secara
langsung. Berdasarkan hasil observasi maka ditentukan program kerja KKN kelompok yang akan
dilaksanakan meliputi program kelompok fisik dan program kelompok non fisik. Program kelompok fisik
yaitu kerja bakti kampung, posterisasi, pendataan penduduk, perbaikan dan pengembangan TBM dan
pengembangan apotek hidup juga pembuatan tugu KKN UNIMED 2021 sedangkan program kelompok
nonfisik yaitu penyuluhan dan pemeriksaan kesehatan, sosialisi penggunaan masker pada PAUD dan
sekolah dasar, bimbingan belajar, pendampingan posyandu, pelatihan hasta karya, senam sehat kampung
mingguan, dan lomba menyambut hari kemerdekaan dan tahun bari hijriah serta penutupan. Dilihat dari
program-program tersebut maka mahasiswa berperan sebagai fasilitator, dinamisator dan motivator.
Pelaksanaan program kerja yang dimulai dari tanggal 24 Juli 2021 – 14 Agustus 2021 ini relatif berjalan
lancar. Dengan demikian, setelah kegiatan KKN berakhir diharapkan para warga Desa Kedai Durian Kec.
Delitua Kab. Deli Serdang dapat terus mengembangkan segala potensi yang ada pada dirinya dan alam
sekitarnya. Dan setiap kegiatan yang telah berlangsung secara kontinyu tetap dipertahankan untuk
membekali diri sebagai bekal dikemudian hari.
Kata Kunci: KKN, Kedai Durian, Pengabdian, Program Kerja.

ABSTRACT

Real Work Lecture is a student learning process through various activities directly in the community,
and students strive to be part of the community and are actively and creatively involved in the dynamics that
occur in the community. The implementation of Community Service Program for Medan State University
students aims to develop student competencies in applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes they already
have, so they are able to design and implement programs that can prevent the spread and handle the impact of
Covid-19 in the community based on their field of knowledge and can develop the potential of rural
communities. Ward. Students have a strategic role as agents of change. Real Work Lectures (KKN) are a form
of university student service to the community through the provision of assistance for empowerment, training,
counseling, mentoring, mentoring and to realize their potential, as well as help improve the quality of life and
development. Students will gain generative abilities in the form of life skills (life skills). Observations were
carried out using the following methods: (1) question and answer, (2) documentation, and (3) looking at the
field directly. Based on the results of observations, it is determined that the group KKN work program to be
implemented includes physical group programs and non-physical group programs. Physical group programs
are village community service, posterization, population data collection, improvement and development of
TBM and development of live pharmacies as well as the creation of the 2021 UNIMED KKN monument while
non-physical group programs include health counseling and examinations, socialization on the use of masks in
PAUD and elementary schools, tutoring, mentoring posyandu, hasta work training, weekly village healthy
gymnastics, and competitions to welcome independence day and the new hijriah year and closing. Judging
from these programs, students act as facilitators, dynamists and motivators. The implementation of the work
program, which started from July 24, 2021 – August 14, 2021, has been running relatively smoothly. Thus,
after the KKN activity ends, it is hoped that the residents of Kedai Durian Village, Kec. Delitua Kab. Deli
Serdang can continue to develop all the potential that exists in itself and the natural surroundings. And every
activity that has been taking place continuously is maintained to equip themselves as provisions in the future.

Keywords: KKN, Kedai Durian, Dedication, Work Program